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PFRSOWL MENTION. Mm. J. L Nunnamaker ami little ?on, Edward, left for C deonor, Ala., last night to apend s ^if| w.rks with her ulster, Mrs. J J Lilas < t that place. Mr. and Mrs. Edward $\ White are In the city, having arrived Jtejterday from Blue Ridge, where Mr. White attamled the T. M. C. A. r.inferejiee. Mr. and Mrs. White, formerly Kiss Odell, wer? married In NoiiCUk June 30th. 5 Mr T. S. Humter has returned home after a visit to Savant ih. during 1 which he went through the nitrogerui factory at that place. Mr. Aubrey Hradh.im has returned home after t\ pleasant visit to Atlanta. Mrs. C. 3. Ktngsmore and little daaghter are spending some time on sVllUvan'l Inland with Mr* F. W. Renaeker. Mr. and Mrs. ? U Wallace and Mlsa Fowler, of Atlanta, who have . Wen visiting relatives in the city for the past week, left this morning in an automobil? by way of Camden nnd I "Ivmbla for Charleston and the Isle of Palma, where they will spend sev? eral days, before continuing their trip to Atlanta, by way of Augusta. They were accompanied on the trip by Mrs. A. L W .Mace. Mr. R. L. Wal? laces mother. Mlsa Hlolae Jenkins, of 8t. Charles, ?pent Friday In the city. Mr. Horace Harby has returned to th* city, after making the trip in his car to and from Clsrksville. d,i. Mm J. M. Napier of Darlington and Mlsa Marian Satterwhlte, of Winthrop College are visiting frlendi 'to the clt>. Mm. L. C. Molse has returned home after a visit to relatives at Newberry. Mr. and Mm. P. F. Patton left on SO jay for Flat Rock. N C. where they will spend a week with Mr. Pat ton's parents. Mr A. N. Wannamaker. of St. Matthew* was In the city today. Mr Noble Dirk, of Columbia, spent Sunday In the city. Rev. W F. Trimble, of Summerton. wm In the Cl?\ t t i Mr. A. M. Broughton left Sunday morning for Clio. S. C, to spend a few day* with his old friend, Dr. Hen. Mr J ll spann, of GUorce, is vuit tng TrleW? '.n t** cll>. L- ataotere Charley an 1 Clinton Mc Orew returned from Sullivan's Island Sunday. Mrs. Harold C. Smith, of Greenville la vial ting her parents In the city. Mr. X Cralg Hurst has returned home from Plack Mountain. N. C. Mtaoea Kdna and Mabel Davis, of Summerton. are the guests of I? isses Benhow, on Church street. Mr. W. J. Bracey and family, Of Jacksonville, Fla., are visiting his brother, Mr. J. R. Bracey. Mr. Bracey made the trip In hi* car and will visit bis ulster. Mrs. M. W. Cummlngs, o Oewego. and Mrs. Edward Rembcrt of Mamille, before returning to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. C, W. Mi Grow have returned from a pleasant visit to Charleston and Sullivan's Island. Mime* Myrtle and Anna Baxter, of Rldgeway. are visiting relatives in the city Mm. Moses Oreen and Mlaa Ethel Green have gone to Henderson\ ille, X C. for the balance of the summer. Mr. T. ll lurk, of Columbia, spen Sunday In the city. Oov. R. T. Manning spent Sunday In the city, coming over to attend th funeral or Mr It r H ivnsworth. Mr. and Mm. J. M ''handler were called to Atlanta today by a tele gram telling of the critical Illness o Mrs. Chandler s sister, Mrs. Dun woody. The fans of Surnter are promi?* d two good gamm of hall this w??ek when the Klngslree team come* here This team Is n semi-professional ag gregatlon and Im mild to be one of the beat In the State. The farmers who are not busy cur? ing tobacco are watching the sky ? for ?*lsnM >>( i am Cm is Huffertn? for rain and cotton Is beginning to shed Choice tom."toes are being sold on the streets for twenty-live cents a peck, most of them coming from the tenth of an acre plots of the tomato club girls. The n*?w crop of cotton will be on the market In quantity within the ne*t six wc? ks and there la no eer talnty that there will be sale for It at a prlc* that will co\er the cost of pro? duction. Tb?- totwicco market booster tri| wsj* < msldered mo successful on \V? d ncMdav that It is probat le that anoth er one may he taken In the near fu lure Into tile aoCthafS section of thi cjaitty and into L?e Cwunly. ? I'. HAYNhWOHTM dead. Pi "nun. in Sumter Mun Ries Sud? denly In Birmingham terminal Sta? tion. The people of Sumter were shocked this morning when it became known thai Kolurl Francis llasnsuoith of this city had died in Birmingham this morning. Death NIM very suddenly while Mr HayMWorth was in the ter njllaal station waiting for a train on Avhlch to take passage on his return home. His eledest son, Robert F. Haynsworth, Jr., was with him at the time and informed the family here by long distance telephone, the news being received here at about D o'clock. A telegraphic despatch received by vThe Item states that heart failure was .pronounced as the cause of the sud -Vn deal h. The body will be brought on to rtumter at once and will probebly ar? rived here at about 6 o'clock tomor? row afternoon. Funeral arrange? ments have not yet been m ide, and will be announced later. Mr. Haynsworth was a son of the late John Francis Haynsworth of Sumter and was born and raised in Sumter. He left Sumter when a young man when he went to Selma, Alaba? ma, where he lived for about twenty years and accumulated considerable property. Later he moved back to Sumter and has been living here now for the past sixteen years. Up to the present time he has been actively con? nected with a number of business en? terprises. He was for a number of years with the Cralg Furniture Com? pany, and more recently he has been vice president and general manager of the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company. He was also a vice pres? ident of tho National Bank of Sum? ter und Interested In other business projects. He served on city council for two terms as an alderman, act? ing as mayor pro tern in the latter term, and was at one time prominent? ly mentioned as a candidate for may? or of Sumter. Mr. Haynsworth went to Shreveport. La., a few days ago to visit his broth? er-in-law, who was very ill at that place. It was on hiH return to Sum? ter that he was stricken, while wait? ing on a train at Birmingham. He had been In ill health for the past two years, but recently he has been able to go about and attend to busi? ness daily. Ills son, R. F. Haynsworth, Jr.. accompanied him on the trip and was with him .it the end. Mr. Hnynsworth leaves Iiis wlfo, who before htr, marriage was Miss Vir ; a L Ptrohcker of Rfdge Spin ge, S C? an 1 Mire, sons, MfSjafg R. F. Jr., John F., and B. J. Hayns worth, and four daughters, Misses Pauline, Rita, Jessie and Virginia. lie is also survived by two brothers, Messrs. Matthew E. Haynsworth of Florida; Charles L Haynsworth, of Texas, and one sister, Mrs. P. H. Mc Cown of Florence. Died In Terminal Station. Birmingham, July 23.?Robert F. Haynsworth, vice president of the National Bank of Sumter, Sumter, S. <'.. dropped dead in the terminal sta? tion this morning while awaiting a train for home. Heart failure is the cause. WEED BRINGS SMALL PRICE Tobacco Buyers at < Hanta Not as Lib? eral as Formerly. Olanta, July 22.?The tobacco mar ket opened here yesterday about 12 o'clock wltn about 8 3,000 pounds on the tloors of the three warehouses and only three buyers. The price pai'd win probably average about i cents, making a total of about $3,300. At this time only two houses have sold, the highest price paid was $7.7.r> p i hundred. This Is not more1 than half that paid last year fOff the same grade at the opening sale. All of tho buyers will not be here for a Week Sf lag da\s. It |g very dis? couraging |0 the farmers, the crop in thin section being poorer than last Og account of the drought first and then the excessive rains, hut some oi I he planters seem to think that when all of the buyers are on the Moor the better grade of tobacco will ?sell at a higher price In proportion to I hat paid today for the Inferior grades. Real Estate Transfers. Hugh ('. Haynsworth to James H. gt ii boiough, i"t on Myrtle street, $47? Ml A "inill t., Mary McLeod Bothnno, lot in county. |to, i:.i tow Walsh to 12 < \ Molse, lot on Church Street, |2II, OaOCa In Equity Court. BojUlt) cases were being held in I 'Mit |oday? Qlllte I number bein". eon pb ted and removed from the cal? endar. On Saturday after the com? pletion of the last trial a number ol equity cases were heard and Judg* inents rendered. The c ise of H. v. Plem against the Atlantic Coast Una Railroad Com? pan) resulted in a verdict ol $liu and costs for the plaintiff. MARION WINS third MONEY. In Different T>|>o <d Karo From That Accu>tonicd to Touni Shows up Well. After a long trip, which took more than a week, the Marion hose team showed up well at the Iowa City, fOwft, firemen's tournament yesterday. The Swamp Foxes captured third prize in a bunk race, something dif? ferent from which the team was ae mustomed to, but an excellent show? ing after the long trip. Mr. 11. M. Phelps of this city this morning received the following tele? gram from Al Keels, who has gone with the Marion team as buttman: "Third money. Race different from aynthing we ever saw. Horse's world's record unbroken. A. L. Keels." (The Marion team holds the world's record for the mile race.) MARK FT AT MANNING. liood I?rlces Prevail for Small Lots Offered. Manning, July 22.?The auspicious opening of the tobacco market here today was a very gratifying event all around. All three of the local ware? houses were well patronized, the sev? eral buyers were lively bidders and the producers were well pleased with th prices received. The tobacco crop is unusually late in this county and only comparatively few farmers had even sand lugs cured and ready for the market. On that account, the total sales were rather light, probably not much over 20,000 pounds, but there are many fine crops that will show up later. The managers of the Man? ning warehouses aro equipped for business and will spare no effort to make this one of the best markets in the State. It is a matter of record that Manning paid the highest aver? age prices of all the marktts in South Carolina last year and the tobacco men are going to make an effort to maintain their record this year. SMITH-RICHARDSON. Popular Young People of Sumtcr Sur? prise Their Friends. Telegrams received her*, yesterday nnd this morning by te nds and rel? atives contained the Information that Miss Mollie Smith and Mr. Seaman S. Richardson were married on Fri? day evening at 7 o'clock at the resi? dence of the bride's parents at Winns boro. No particulars' were given, but | it lias been learned that utter their! marriage Mi and Mrs. Rk harden left for Charleston, for u stay of sov*; . . when they v.*** laun? tpj Sumter. The announcement of their mar? riage came as a very great surprise to many, for although their friends knew that it would occur, no time had been set and it was not until tele? grams were received on yesterday that it was announced to take place that evening. Mr. Richardson is a well known cotton buyer for Maybanks & Co. Mrs. Richardson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith of Winnsboro. She Is a trained nurse and has made her home here for the past two years. Roth have a large number of friends, who wish them much happiness. Henry Tomlinson Dead. Olanta, July 23.?Henry Tomlinson died this morning about 2 o'clock at the home of his brother, S. J. Tom? linson. It is almost certain that Mr. Tomlinson, not being able to sleep, took an overdose of some narcotic with no intention of committing sui? cide. He had been in falling health and much depressed since his wife's death about one year ago. Lust night he and his brother were sit? ting; <>n the porch and he was so un? well that a physician was called. About 10 o'clock Mr. Tomlinson re? tired. Within a few minutes his broher and the physician went into tin- room and found that he had taken something and was in a critical condition. Another physician was summoned and tl.e two worked faith fttlly until I o'clock without ever re? storing consciousness. Mr. Tomlin? son leaves no children, and only one brother survives him. The funeral was at Bothol Raptlst church this af? ternoon at 0 o'clock. In the Police Court. The following cases were disposed of iri the Recorder's Court: Ply Hostie and Sadie Pringle, dls oi lerly and creating a disturbance, continued, Charles Heriot, disorderly conduct, bond of $10 forfeited. Chester Wilson, drunk, $?r?.00 bond forfeited, illandlng lletiot, disorderly, bond of * 1 ?? forfeited. Some Tomatoes. Mr. Allle W. Hoffman has on ex? hibition at the stone of Kairey A Weeks a short Stem on which are grown seven large tomatoes. The to t il weigh! ol which is si\ pounds four ounces. Allle tells us thai he raised these in his own garden. Can any? body beat it.?Urapbegurg Sun. SMALL BALKS or TOBACCO. Market Open Today with ?i.or.r? Pounds of Weed?20,000 Pounds Yesterday. There were about 0,000 pounds of tobacco sold on the local market today, bringing an average of around six cents. Yesterday on the opening day there were 29,000 pounds sold at an average of almost six cents. The market will be open every day from now on except Saturdays. A WALKAWAY FOR SUMTER. Darlington Team Hud Many Substi? tutes und Locals Had Easy Time. At the local ball park on Thursday afternoon what was to have been a ball game developed into a merry game of "around, around, around" for the locals, who had difficulty in making twenty scores against their opponents, who secured one tally in the eighth inning, to keep from being shut out. The members of the Dar? lington team were unable to come, and in their stead they sent over members of the second, third and some of the fourth and fith nine players to take their places. The subs took the places with a very, indiffer? ent degree of success. However, the Darlington team promises to have five more of its regular line-up here to? day and the game is expected to be better. Frank Chandler took the box for live innings and only one man got on iirst in that time. He was hit by the pitcher and was out stealing second. Hugh Drown took the box after that and allowed only one hit, or maybe two, in the rest of the game, Darling? ton's one score being made on an er? ror in the eighth inning. The team played good steady ball until the eighth inr'.ng, when outs were allowed in order to s ooner end the game. Practically every man on the Sumter team got one or two hits, and Joe Chandler got hits for one, two and three bases and one or two more besides. Jeffords pitched live innings for the visitors and was batted hard. Brown finished out the game and several hits were made off him. While the locals had only one error to their credit, the visitors made too many to keep up with. The reappearance of White back at center field was a pleasing feature for fans, Flowers was shift to short, where he played a good ime. Miss Powell Hex. The Uicnua u.au rckil: m 0% Mi Nancy Lenora Powell will regret to hear of her death in Marion on July 19th. Miss Powell was a daughter of the late Jeremiah and Sarah A. Pow? ell of Dillon and is survived by six brothers and five sisters, two of whom are Mr. A. S. Powell and Mrs. S. L. Kennedy of this city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the Order of Eastern Star. As a trained nurse she made many friends, and it was while employed in this work that she contracted the disease which brought on her untimely death. An Approaching Marriage. The engagement of Miss Nancy Witherspoon of York to Dan Heyward of Rlon is one of the most intereetlng of the summer to Columbia society, and especially so as the young people will come to this city In the fall to live, while Mr. Hey ward completes his course in law at the University of South Carolina. Miss Witherspoon was graduated from the College for Women a year ago last June and has since been a frequent visitor to Co? lumbia, being exceedingly popular with the younger set here. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witherspoon of York. Mr. Hey ward has been one of the most consplcicuous of tho university's athletes during the years he has at? tended that institution, and, as star player on the varsity football team, has made a reputation in college ath? letic circles throughout the South. The wedding will take place on Aug? ust 10.?The State. (iumc (iocs to Mayesville. Mayesville, July 22.?Mayesville de? feated the fast Bishopville team this afternoon, retiring Kelly In the third. Big Sam Hill pitched great ball for the locals, allowing only five hits. The playing of Bull at short, Floyd at third and Kirven in centre, for Mayesville, was sensational. Bishopville. . .103 000 000?4 G 4 Mayesville. . .104 0'iO 000?5 0 Kelly, Turner and McCutehen; Hill and Heaves. Umpire, Slaughter. Marriage License Record, Licenses to marry hnv< been issued to Samuel Spencer Dud Mabel Smith, of Sumter; Edward Singleton and Catherine Brown, Wedgefleld; Wes? ley Davis and Liela Davis, Mayes? ville. A watermelon that weighs E i pounds ciiii be seen In Birnte'e Drug Store wind??\v. It was raised on Mor? ris College farm. This is very cred ituble for the college. tiik scmtf.h-olanta railway. Secretary Reunion Fvplalns Steps Taken und ItOMOIH for Deluy? Road Was not to Go l?y Sardinia, He Says. Answering the published remarks of Hon. W. N. flush, of Sardinia, when the Sumter Tobacco Boosters were at Sardinia, Secretary Reardon says he thinks that the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce ought to be correct? ly quoted regarding the statement that the Chamber of Commerce of Sumter had promised to build a rail? road to Sardinia, and had not done se. The Sumter secretary says that no such promise or guarantee was ever made by any one in Sumter, but that the Chamber of Commerce had tried to help the people of Sardinia to get a railway line from Sumter via Sardinia to Olanta. The minutes of the conference, held on July 10th, 1914, between Mr. G. A. Lemmon, chairman of the special committee on survey of proposed Sum* ter-Shiloh-Turbeville-Olanta Railway, I Secretary Reardon, <ind Messrs. W. N. Rush, R. E. McFaddin, W. J. Millsap, Unwood Gamble, J. H. Garland, D. R. DuBose of Sardinia and nearby points, with Messrs. R. A. and W. R. Bur? gess, and W. J. Troublefield, of Sum? ter representing the Sardinia section also, will show, as follows: "The object of the conference was to discuss the advisability of chang? ing the survey for the proposed rail? way line so as to go by way of Sar? dinia. "Mr. J. H. Garland having been se? lected as the spokesman for, and chairman of the Sardinia delegation, was authorized to make, and did make the following proposition in be? half of his delegation, those of his delegation concurring therein by unanimous consent. They agree to furnish free rights of way from Black River to Sardinia, and site for depot free of cost at Sar dinia? and rights of way, free of cost from Sardinia to New Zion, with free depot site at New Zion, and free rights of way from New Zion to Pud? ding Swamp. They also agree to as? sist in securing free rights of way from Black River to Sumter. It was further stipulated and agreed that this delegation from Sardinia, and Sumter, representing themselves and other interested parties of Sar? dinia section, that they will pay R. F. McLellan for making the survey of any n^\V line of lines that will h.^ve ? be na.de for the proposed line to Sardinia, pro\ided that .he railway is j built, to Sardinia, tKat is to any that tins delegation pieuges ihtmeejVOl lo reimburse the Sumter Chamber of Commerce for any monies paid for this proposed survey, according to agreement, if the line is so run that the railway is built to Sardinia. The survey for proposed "Sardinia route" to be from Sumter to Olanta. I And Provided Further, that this delegation agrees to pay R. F. McLel lan one-half of the cost of this survey, or to reimburse the Sumter Chamber of Commerce to the extent of one half of any amount this body may pay Mr. McLellan, whether this rail ! way is built to Sardinia or not, if this survey is made to Sardinia from Sum? ter, and thence to Olanta. This survey was made, the Sardinia delegation paying down to the Cham? ber of Commerce $75.00 and the Chamber of Commerce paid Mr. Mc? Lellan the rest of the money, $93.10, total cost of survey being $168.10. It should be understood that the original survey did not contemplate running the proposed railway by Sar? dinia, but Uad been n.ade in a straight line to Turbeville, as Sardinia is con? siderably out of the way of the direct line surveyed to Olanta from Sumter. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce collected and paid out for the three surveys made, necessary maps, pro? files, and other expenses incidental to a survey and securing of rights of way for this railway the sum of $?587.05. And there were other expeuses this organization paid for. The Sumter Chamber of Com? merce is perfectly willing to have this proposed railway run by Sardinia or to have a branch line run into Sar? dinia, as we would like to take in Turbeville, Sardinia, and New Zion on this line of transportation. The Sardinia delegation, however, were told and thorouKhly understood that the Sumter Chamber of Commerce could not control the exact route of the proposed road from Sumter to Olanta. The parties who were representing the financiers who will build this rail? road, if It is ever built, did not ap? prove of lengthening the line or curv? ing around one and a-quarter miles by way of Sardiftia. The Sardinia dele? gation knew further that northern capitalists would build this proposed railway line, if it is ever built. Col. Thomas Wilson having in hand the matter of securing the money for the construction and operation of this railway we still want constructed. The European war caused a pa? ralysis of business conditions, and particularly in railroad construction. Regarding the $226,000 lumber plant that Mr. Rush ways SumWr couldn't incorporate whereas Sar? dinia did, Secretary Keardon says that the owners of the Dials Hay and oth? er timber to be cut, that is St. rBr nard Lumber Company, of Louisiana, or allied interests, wanted to locate their mill at Sumter provided tie proposed Sumter to Olanta railway was constructed. But as the Cham? ber of Commerce couldn't afford to pay over $500,000 (not having quite that much on hand at that time) to get the sawmill at Sumter, why the saw mill men decided to locate at Sar? dinia within a very short distance of the timber to be cut. The Chamber of Commerce offered the rights of way, and Col. Wilson offered $250, 000 in cash stock to the lumber com? pany to build this railroad to Surnter, and A. C. L. cooperation. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce has had three surveys made. Secured necessary maps, etc., and a majority of the rights of way for a line from Sumter to Olanta, by way of Turbe ville, and has the "Sardinia Route'/ data on hand, but the surveyor, Mr. McLellan, reported that the "Sardinia route" was not feasible lor a com? mercial line to suit the plans of rail? way owners, from Sumter to Olanta. 1 Sumter, says the managing secre? tary, hopes to get in touch with Sar? dinia by railway connection, one way or other. But until capital can be in? duced to put up the hundreds of thou? sands of dollars necessary to build the proposed transportation line, we must all wait. MAN HURT BY FREIGHT. Attempted to Board Moving Car, It is Reported, and Was Injured. A man said to be John Lett, of Orangeburg, was brought to the Tourney Hospital Sunday morning badly mangled by a train at Denmark', he having fallen when attempting to board a moving freight train, accord? ing to reports of the accident as re reived here, and been injured under the car. It was stated this afternoon that Lott was getting on very well indeed, considering his injuries. One foot was removed and his other injuries are being treated. It is alleged that Lott and several friends had planned to spend Sunday in Orangeburg and was to take the through freight at Denmark for the trip. Lott's efforts to board the moving train were un? successful and Hie injuries resulted. What became of the ct ?r mernoers of the party is not knowi TOOK POLICEMAN'S PISTOL. Charlie Jackson Reporte 1 to iuite Held Up Officer Who Attempted to Arrest Him. Charlie Jackson, colored, was ar? rested on Sunday night at the Sum? ter station as he got off train No. 65 from Florence, and was landed in the lock-up, where he was being held to? day to be taken over to Lee County on an unusual charge. The orders to arrest Jackson were received over the telephone from Rural Policeman Par nell at Lynchburg and local officers made the arrest. It was stated to day that Jackson took Officer Parnell's pistol, club and badge, when the latter attempted to arrest him Sunday for some disorder. When the officer attempted to make the arrest the negro grabbed the gun, and after a tussel succeeded in tak? ing it. He then forced the officer to give him his club and badge and left. He got on the train at New Sumter, it is stated, and was caught when he got off here. Marriage. Mr. William P. Nelson and Miss Mamie Kelley of Columbia secured a license to marry in the clerk of court'e office on Friday and were united ? in marriage by that official immediately afterwards. Board of Health Organizes. The Board of Health held a meet? ing last night and organized by the election of J. A. McKnight chairman and Oeo. D. Levy secretary. Outside a discussion of steps to be taken, nothing else was done. Another meet? ing was called for 6 o'clock this after? noon. AD-A-LINK For Friendship's Saks Original?Simplified in con? struction. Get a link here, have your initials engraved. The Links can be strung on a ribbon until yon get enough Links to make a bracelet, and we will join them together for you free. Gold Filled and Silver 25c each Link. W. A. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician